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it's almost entirely owned by the chinese government. in 2005, they tried to take over an oil company based in california. so big chinese, state-run company trying to take over a california company. this is the chinese government, a big business deal like that actually does have national security implications for us as a country. that's the kind of international business deal that's subject to review by something called the committee on foreign investments in the united states. a big committee that reviews this stuff. the treasury secretary heads it up. when that committee was reviewing this deal with, congress went absolutely nuts over it. in the end, that deal did not go through. that was in 2005. china was not allowed to come in and buy that company. now they are trying good. they are in the process of trying to buy a canadian oil company. but again, the committee on foreign investments in the u.s. has some jurisdiction here because the canadian company does a lot of business in our gulf of mexico. this is a chinese government-owned g
it's almost entirely owned by the chinese government. in 2005, they tried to take over an oil company based in california. so big chinese, state-run company trying to take over a california company. this is the chinese government, a big business deal like that actually does have national security implications for us as a country. that's the kind of international business deal that's subject to review by something called the committee on foreign investments in the united states. a big committee...
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government. you ink is wld bon things we do as a country, right? the payment we make to surviving spouses and children. from time to time, that payment gets adjusted to reflect ineases in t cost of living. right? that makes sense. one of the least controveral agthittaouould possiy government agreeing to. well, a bill to adjust that payment for the cost of living was brought to the senate floor last thursday. itas expected to go ahead. no muss, no fuss, who's going to argue with that? it was blocked by someone in governor romney's party. anamepcana has put a hold on the cost of living adjustment to the surviving spouses and children's yment for soldiers killed in the war. the same hold is also affecting the disability payments to soldiers who are wounded in the war. some republican senator is blocking ts. weon'tnow o. governor romne here's a place to start. you are now the leader of the republican party. i realize you're having a hard time getting the training wheels off when it comes to national security, but here's an easy one. should that senator
government. you ink is wld bon things we do as a country, right? the payment we make to surviving spouses and children. from time to time, that payment gets adjusted to reflect ineases in t cost of living. right? that makes sense. one of the least controveral agthittaouould possiy government agreeing to. well, a bill to adjust that payment for the cost of living was brought to the senate floor last thursday. itas expected to go ahead. no muss, no fuss, who's going to argue with that? it was...
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the government of the many, not the government of the money. and this is really important. because as long as they can control the mechanics of elections, they have an advantage. and we have to offset it. but we also have to win, so that we can change it. >> in terms of just the idea of dispiriting people that the campaigns mean anything, poisoning the debate, making people feel like it doesn't matter if i vote or not, one of the issues that i, just as a citizen, feel frustrated is not being addressed in the presidential race, that i think is something people care a whole lot about is the war that we are in. we are in the longest war in american history. and you and i have talked in the past and in previous interviews, you once told me the political dynamics around the war in afghanistan are not particularly partisan. and just this last week, congressman bill young of florida, he changed his mind on the war. came out against the war. he just said, i just think we're killing kids that don't need to die. mitt romney didn't even put it in his nomination speech at the conventio
the government of the many, not the government of the money. and this is really important. because as long as they can control the mechanics of elections, they have an advantage. and we have to offset it. but we also have to win, so that we can change it. >> in terms of just the idea of dispiriting people that the campaigns mean anything, poisoning the debate, making people feel like it doesn't matter if i vote or not, one of the issues that i, just as a citizen, feel frustrated is not...
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he is -- got a socialistic view on the, you know, the economy, the government, the whole nine yards. um, if he had his way, we would be a socialistic country. okay, really do. pay attention to fox news. >> a volunteer for the clay county republican party in florida made a series of calls on behalf of her preferred can't. one of those calls got caught on an answering machine and got played on a local radio station and that got into the st. augustine record and got picked up on gawker and now this is part of the romney campaign messaging, too, just like the yacht thing. the leader of the organization said the volunteer was off script while making those remarks. you think? joining me is chris hayes. thank you for being here. i want to ask you about the obama care decision specifically. so romney decided to run as the most anti-obama care guy in the whole world for most of the primaries. starting last month he started to shift and say i'm glad to be known as the grandfather of this. this is one of the ways i want you to know i was a compassionate person because i did romney care in my st
he is -- got a socialistic view on the, you know, the economy, the government, the whole nine yards. um, if he had his way, we would be a socialistic country. okay, really do. pay attention to fox news. >> a volunteer for the clay county republican party in florida made a series of calls on behalf of her preferred can't. one of those calls got caught on an answering machine and got played on a local radio station and that got into the st. augustine record and got picked up on gawker and...
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government. you'd think this would be one of the less partisan inflicted things we do as the government. right? the payment that we make to surviving spouses and children. from time to time that payment gets adjusted to reflect increases in the cost of living. right? that makes sense. one of the least controversial things you could possibly imagine the united states government agreeing to. well, a bill to adjust that payment for the cost of living was brought to the senate floor last thursday. it was expected to go ahead, no muss, no fuss. who is going to argue with that? but it was blocked by someone in governor romney's party. an unnamed republican senator has put a hold on the cost of living adjustment to the surviving spouse's and children's payment for soldiers killed in the war. the same hold is also affecting the disability payments to soldiers who are wounded in the war. some republican senator is blocking this. we don't know who. governor romney, here's a place to start. you are now the
government. you'd think this would be one of the less partisan inflicted things we do as the government. right? the payment that we make to surviving spouses and children. from time to time that payment gets adjusted to reflect increases in the cost of living. right? that makes sense. one of the least controversial things you could possibly imagine the united states government agreeing to. well, a bill to adjust that payment for the cost of living was brought to the senate floor last thursday....